lets see if you read the article correctly.
Aircraft A is cleared to take off
Aircraft B is cleared to take off behind Aircraft A
Aircraft B says there will be a delay
Controller cancels Aircraft B take off clearance. (Changes your lights from
red to green for the taxing aircraft)
And then Clears Aircraft C to taxi across runway while Aircraft A is still
taking off.

That's what I read.. what did you read.. I don't think your lighting
thinking will work any better.
ATC controls the lights too.. radio or lights.. no different

BT

"LWG" wrote in message
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I can't understand why a series of stop/caution/go lights has not been
implemented at intesections of runways and taxiways. Controller clears one
aircraft for takeoff, the intersection lights go from yellow to red.
Progessive taxiing is following a series of green lights. It seems so
cheap and easy -- much easier than cleaning up the wreckage of two jets.

But that's just like another idea I had, make all runway lights respond to
VHF Guard in addition to the CTAF or other published frequency. I was
flying back near Philly one night, juggling the usual combination of
charts and pencils in the dark. I was under a shelf, and not particularly
high. I thought if the engine quit, I'd be dead because even with a GPS,
I wouldn't have time to find the the frequency, turn on the lights, locate
the airport, etc. How nice to put in 121.5. key the mike and watch all of
the lights in the vicinity come on at the same time.

I called AOPA and ASF and they said it was a clever idea, but no one was
interested in implementing it.

WASHINGTON, Sept. 28 - An America West passenger jet taking off from Las
Vegas missed hitting an Air Canada jet by about 100 feet last Thursday
night, according to a preliminary report, because a controller in the
tower confused two planes and issued conflicting instructions.